Musical instruments

Constitution Day in Ireland

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • September 25 2020

In Ireland, a referendum was held on July 1, 1937, regarding the text of a new constitution. In that constitution, the name 'Irish Free State' was changed to 'Eire', or simply Ireland. 56% of the population voted in favor...

The oldest musical instrument in the world?

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • 28 August 2019

In 1995, part of a cave bear femur was found in the Divje Babe Archaeological Park near Cerkno in northwestern Slovenia. The femur was pierced with several holes. The bone was included in...

Rob over Chessboard on stamp sheet: @Elizadoug I always use the Google Translate app with the camera function myself.

Willem Meerkerk over Mouth-watering tart stamps with a sweet scent: I do see a trend in PostNL's new issues. More and more "self-adhesive" stamps, just like with the 2026 children's stamps. htt…

Haas over New Priority Mourning Stamp Netherlands: Unusual: new rates taking effect on a Sunday. PostNL faces a challenge. With priority, it is guaranteed that the next working day (Mon…

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: Are there any online references to the translation of the different stamps? I've been looking around and am not having much luck.

Elizadoug over Chessboard on stamp sheet: I bought one to frame as a gift to my father. And it was semi-difficult to find, but not too terribly expensive.

John Petterson over Drones, Drones on Drones: Nice article! It has inspired me to start collecting drones on stamps as well.